Explore the Family Name Schipani

The meaning of Schipani

Italian (Calabria and Sicily): 1. habitational name from Schipani, a minor place in Catanzaro. 2. probably also of Albanian origin, an Italianized form of the ethnic name Shqipni, which is a Geg form of Shqipëri, a collective noun derived from the adverb shqip ‘Albanian’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Alfonso, Angelo, Carmela, Carmine, Costantino, Dante, Domenic, Franco, Mario, Salvatore, Saturnina.

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How common is the last name Schipani in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Schipani has seen a slight decrease in popularity over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Schipani was ranked 49,249th in popularity and this ranking fell by 5.93% to 52,169th in 2010. The number of people carrying the Schipani surname also saw a marginal drop of 0.75%, from 401 individuals in 2000 to 398 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 individuals also decreased by 13.33% from 0.15 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,249	#52,169	-5.93%
Count	401	398	-0.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Schipani

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Schipani surname identify as White, with percentages of 96.01% and 96.73% in 2000 and 2010 respectively, showing a slight increase of 0.75%. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic, however, declined by 35.24%, from 3.49% in 2000 to 2.26% in 2010. There were no recorded changes in the number of people with the Schipani surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, two or more races, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.01%	96.73%	0.75%
Hispanic	3.49%	2.26%	-35.24%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%